Recycled Sewing

Final Thoughts on Using Evernote for Antique Faire Shopping

Abby — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:08:32 +0000

Article 5 of 5 Contact Info: The contact info section has two purposes. One is to store your antique faire information such as dates, times, directions, maps and phone numbers. If you attend more than one show, each show could have its own page. The second purpose is to store contact information from booth owners. You can [...]

Recycled Hand Bags and Pouches

Abby — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:36:38 +0000

I’ve been making these pouches for years from all my scrap fabric. I have a huge ten gallon grab bag full of beautiful sewing remenants waiting for a project. This project is fast and easy to make. You can find several of these pouches in my etsy shop. A fellow Sacramentan recycles vintage hand bags, luggage and shoes by [...]

Finding Your Purchases Using Evernote

Abby — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:03:39 +0000

Article 4 of 5 for using Evernote when shopping at Antique Faires The ‘purchases’ note page in Evernote handles two things. First, use this section for noting purchased items which you will pick up later from the booth owner. If you need to leave an item at a booth until you are ready to leave, take [...]

Evernote and Antique Collection Reference Material

Abby — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:53:14 +0000

Post 3 of 5 on using Evernote for trips to the Antique Faire. Reference material is anything information you’ve collected about what you are shopping for. For some of you the information may be about personal collection items you are looking to purchase, for example, 1960s lunch boxes. Or reference material or magazine photos on decor [...]

Antique Faire Shopping List in Evernote

Abby — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:03:51 +0000

2 of 5 Articles, see here for the first article. Tips for setting up your shopping list in Evernote. 1. Sit down and brainstorm everything that you wish to purchase. Or if you have an existing list, I recommend transferring it to your shopping list in Evernote. Start your list about 2 weeks before your shopping trip [...]

Evernote and Antique Faires

Abby — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:43:54 +0000

I started using Evernote about a month ago and it’s become one of my favorite applications. Evernote is a note-taking application which can sync with your personal computer, the web and your PDA (which I will call iPhone in this article). There are two versions of Evernote, free and premium. The free version is great [...]

How to Make Wedding Bunting from Vintage Hankies

Abby — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:25:36 +0000

I am obsessed with making buntings and garlands lately. I had several white on white vintage hankies with some minor damage to them and thought it would be beautiful to turn them into bunting. Materials Needed: About 8 Hankies or 16 half hankies (a mixture of edges looks romantic, crochet, lace, cutwork, embroidery) 12 feet of white ribbon, [...]

Recycled Denim Skirt - BlossomnBird

Abby — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:13:05 +0000

This denim skirt by blossomnbird is the funnest skirt I’ve seen. I love all the little details (pockets) and how everything flows together. Got a hole or a stain? Add a pocket, even with the fabric showing on the wrong side!

Sunburst Hippie Chic Scrap Skirt

Abby — Sat, 30 May 2009 03:41:57 +0000

First off, this skirt took me forever to finish. Too may interruptions, with sick kids, then I’m sick, then school ending for the year. But it is finally done and I am super happy with it. Second off, I recently joined Twitter and am having a blast connecting with other artists, vintage clothing collectors, etc. On [...]

Bunting Garland from Vintage Scraps

Abby — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:25:43 +0000

Finding new uses for scraps is always fun. All these vintage fabrics are beautiful and I hate to throw away the scraps. Here is one of my newest ways to use up the scraps. Above I made a bunting garland or pennant banner from vintage tablecloth fabrics in reds. Then on the back side, I used [...]